What is your security setup these days?

Works great, never any problems;

LinkSys Router WRT54G

Laptop:
Eset NOD32 v3.0.642.0 AV
SUPERAntiSpyWare v4.0.1154
Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0.21.329

Desktop:
Kaspersky v7.0.0.125 AV
SUPERAntiSpyWare v4.0.1154
Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0.21.329

As far as Kaspersky vs NOD32 on my systems I could'nt recommend one over the other as they're both excellent. Just started using Comodo, I'll spend a few days in Training Mode then lock it down a little, so far so good.

 

Vista 32 SP1 set-up "changes" in bold as of 3/31/08:

Resident:

DefenseWall HIPS v2.30(Compatible w/Vista SP1)
Netgear RP614 v2 Router w/NAT & SPI
Primary Response SafeConnect v3.0.0.1443
Vista Firewall

Other "Paid" Security Applications at My Disposal(Not currently installed):

DriveSentry Full
LinkScanner Pro
Look'n'Stop
Norton AntiBot
RegRun Platinum
Shadow Defender
SuperAntiSpyware Pro
Task Catcher
WinPatrol Plus

On-Demand:

Autoruns
AVZ Antiviral Toolkit
Deep Freeze Std.(For testing purposes);[Uninstalled]
GMER
Prevx CSI+
Process Explorer
RegRun Reanimator
Returnil 2008 Personal Edition(For testing purposes)
RootKit Hook Analyzer
SUPERAntiSpyware Free

System Hardening:

Applied manual system hardening tweaks
Disabled non-essential Vista services
Enabled Software DEP for all programs and services
Disable UAC with TweakUAC
Disabled Windows Defender
Uninstalled Java Runtime Environment
Windows Worms Door Cleaner

Backup:

ERUNT(registry)
Paragon Drive Backup

Miscellaneous:

Primary Web Browser - Opera v9.26(w/UserJS scripts; Java disabled, JavaScript enabled(userscripts only), but with options disabled, Iframes disabled and plug-ins disabled);(https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1207602&postcount=6)
Email Client - The Bat! Home


Peace & Gratitude,

CogitoErgoSum

 

AV
PC-cillin 2006 (desktop)
Avast (laptop)
NOD32 v3 (desktop)
ESET Smart Security (desktop)
Antivir PE on-demand (both)
AS
PC-cillin 2006 (desktop)
SUPERAntiSpyware Free (both)
ewido micro (both)
AVG Antispyware
ESET Smart Security (desktop)
Avast (laptop)
Firewall
Linksys WRT54G router firewall (with WPA encryption)
Huawei SmartAX MT880 DSL modem firewall
PC-cillin 2006 (desktop)
Jetico Personal Firewall 1 (laptop) (having weird issues in CPF saying that it is installed, but it's not)
XP's inbound firewall (laptop)
PC Tools Firewall Plus (desktop)
ESET Smart Security's firewall (desktop)
Virtualization
PowerShadow 2.6 (laptop) and 2.8.2 (desktop)
Sandboxie (desktop)
HIPS
Neoava Guard

Others that I'm too lazy to deeply classify
Spyware Blaster
MVPS Host File
Firefox (Adblock Plus, McAfee SiteAdvisor, CustomizeGoogle)
Opera (lots of things in the blocked sites, and changes in the settings)

 

Router/firewall with mac address spoofed

Firefox with No Script and Keyscrambler
Admuncher

The above also provides privacy with blocking 3rd party cookies, web bugs, disable Referrer,and type of web browser used blocked.

Avira
Sandboxie
Eqsecure with Alcyons rule set
Comodo 3

Hardening Tools

Bugoff
Seconfig XP
Secure-it
Safe XP
Harden-it
Samurai
Security&Privacy
XP-Antispy
445,135-139 ports disabled and all other common trojan ports blocked/disabled
Disabled all non needed services in windows
And MVPS hosts file from here http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

 

Look'n'Stop
Avira AntiVir
GeSWall
MBAM
WinPatrol


Opera

 

New laptop + Vista Ultimate SP1 = new security

Look'n'Stop (trial period, so far performing flawlessly)

Vista's U.A.C. (User Account Control)

Deep Freeze (trial period)

Firefox no-script

 

DefenseWall 2.31
OA 2

 

NETWORK
Two Linksys Wrt54g Routers (DD-WRT Flashed) in WDS Mode
SPI Firewall Enabled

RESIDENT XP SP3 <--- Primary OS
Online Armor AV+
RVS 2008 Premium Edition
Sandboxie Paid

RESIDENT VISTA SP1 <--- Backup OS
Norton Antibot
RVS 2008 Personal Edition
Sandoxie Free
UAC: off, Windows Defender: off

BACKUP
Acronis True Image 10
Acronis Disk Director Suite 10
Acronis OS Selector 10

*Dropped Norton Antibot on XP and awaiting the release of DriveSentry 3.02. Vista is used for testing purposes only at the moment

dja2k

 

New test sec. policy due to the amazing FDISR:s magic miracle:
Snapshot 1:
Bitdefender IS, AVG AS, AdMuncher,Sandboxie.
(runs very fine)
Snapshot 2:
ESS 3.0.650, Threatfire Pro, Admuncher,Sandboxie.
(runs even better, threatfire and ESS splendid combo)
backup: FDISR,ATI(DS,IFW)
main browser : Opera

 

Simple and clean setup on my 'dummy' PC running on Win XP SP2 Celeron M 1.8GHz, 384MB RAM:

On-access:
NOD32 v3
Sygate Personal Firewall
Winpatrol
SpywareBlaster

On-demand:
SAS Free

 

Note, before you go off, that most of these are diagnostic or on demand scanners, and you will notice some missing from the list in the quote.
I am committed now to use of these as my basic security; although I still have all that I didn't remove from the above.

NOD32 Antivirus
Online Armor
Sandboxie

SpywareBlaster
Trojan Remover

Even though I have a host of ondemand, I believe that these five programs are all you really need behind a good router with SPI firewall.

I have read scores of reviews, test results, and testimony of folk here and other forums. I have tested (too)many security programs. I have listened to experts, folk with pretensions to expertise, and nongeeks. I have read the pr from the vendors. I have experienced the support options of the ones I've tried.
I have freeware ondemand scanners, but the stalwarts in my security are all paid and licensed versions.

NOD32 Antivirus
Online Armor
Sandboxie
SpywareBlaster
Trojan Remover

For SpywareBlaster I bought the auto-update; the program is free.
The best antivirus, best software firewall, and best sandbox apps for the home user. Don't need a separate HIPS with OA and NOD32.

 

1. Boot-to-restore = rollback to a clean & unused system partition. (FDISR)
2. Online Armor Free Firewall (not sure yet) + router.
3. Anti-Executable on HIGH
4. DefenseWall HIPS + Locking of Data Partition.

 

Did you ditch First Defense ?

 

NO !!! My boot-to-restore is created with FDISR. Original post adjusted.

 

I was getting ready to say that Hell hasnt frozen over yet for Erik.

Me? Avira and ShadowDefender.

 

Sir Trjam is ShadowDefender able to handle softwares that require a reboot now ?

 

No sir, not yet. But Tony really had to wait on SP1 like quite a few vendors. But he is still working at accomplishing this and when ready, you will get the first Gold Copy.

 

OK. Thanks. We wait ...

 

I shot him a email for an update.

 

Ha, I was just wondering .I would never replace First Defense with Rollback.

 

Me neither. FDISR repairs your computer, but you have to repair Rollback.

 

Never had to repair here.
Rollback Rx has saved me many times.
But everyones setup is different and can have different results.

 

System Safety Monitor as HIPS and Firewall.

Got rid of the bugfest Online Armor since it didn't remember action which it had to, it remembered actions which it didn't had to, it crashed explorer (yep, probably the program that got run most worldwide), the promised fix for the keyboard shortcut to jump to a particular program in the list which he still hasn't fixed, the promised fix for the cookies getting destroyed without our knowledge and without our permission, multiple duplicate rules getting created without any smart way "The program has changed" like SSM does, the overall system impact being miserably high, random weird stuff happening without any logging or sign whatsoever, the need to restart(!!) the system to only enable/disable certain dumb parts of the program, no single idea about what every module does or doesn't, the author handing money below the counter to get high rating at marketing sites, pffff, and because i feel sleepy to post another 477 reasons

 

I have ALL apps listed in my Signature at bottom.

With this World-Class variety of security programs i don't even organize a single set as written in stone.

Instead i mix & match, either various FD-ISR snapshot OR single HD's to use any combinations of them times 3, such as DefenseWall + SandboxIE + EQS or maybe Returnil + SandboxIE + EQS, or perhaps even DeepFreeze + AE + EQS, or COMODO D+ w/ EQS & SandboxIE etc.

The single security programs that always are present though for me are SandboxIE, Returnil RVS 2008, and EQSecure.

It's recently come to my attention in a recent new topic here that theres yet another approach to keeping a static system while still able to manage file executions/reboots etc. and i'm looking forward to testing that Theory.

 

real time :
online armor free
nod32 v3

on-demand:
kaspersky antivirus 7
systemsuite 8 pro
AVG antispyware